Senior Backend Engineer, Collaboration

Role Description

Slate is where brand social teams create together. Our collaboration features — co-editing, commenting, approvals, and shared workspaces — are what make Slate a team tool, not just an editor. We need a Full Stack Engineer to own and extend the collaboration experience so teams can move faster without stepping on each other's work.

What You'll Actually Do

• Own the Collaboration feature area
• Build and evolve real-time collaboration features: co-editing, presence indicators, commenting, and approval workflows
• Design and build the UI systems that make multi-user workflows feel seamless and intuitive
• Work closely with the design team to ship experiences that handle the complexity of teamwork without feeling complex
• Build across the stack
• Build the APIs and services that power collaboration — real-time sync, permissions, notifications
• Build the connective tissue between collaboration features and the editor, asset library, and publishing workflows
• Collaborate with the editor team on shared primitives and APIs
• Ensure collaboration features work reliably across different team sizes, permissions, and content types
• Raise the quality bar
• Write well-tested, maintainable code in a codebase that's actively growing
• Contribute to frontend architecture decisions across the team
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and design discussions

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering experience, with a track record of shipping product across the stack
• Strong TypeScript skills on both frontend and backend (Node.js)
• Angular experience is a plus but not required
• Experience building collaboration features, real-time systems, or multi-user workflows is a strong plus

Requirements

• Built complex, stateful UI features that handle concurrent users and real-time updates
• Worked on commenting systems, approval workflows, or shared workspace features
• Dealt with the UI challenges of presence, conflict resolution, and async communication
• You take ownership of features end-to-end, from design to production
• You care about craft — both in the UI you ship and the code you write
• You use AI tools to move faster and take responsibility for the output

Benefits

• Compensation: $80–185k USD base (flexible based on experience and location)
• Equity options
• Unlimited PTO (we actually take it)
• $200/month wellness stipend
• Health insurance stipend
• Home office budget

Company Description

Slate is the creative workspace for brand social teams. We help teams create and ship on-brand content fast with an all-in-one editor, built-in asset management, and seamless creative file workflows, backed by hands-on support from people who have done the job. Teams across top sports leagues and global brands like Amazon and Hoka use Slate every day to elevate their social presence.

Note: We do not sponsor work visas.

Slate is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of background, identity, or experience.